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ArticleLipids in health and disease2024

Assessment of whole-body and regional body fat using abdominal quantitative computed tomography in Chinese women and men.

Jinci Mai, Qiulian Wu, Huanhua Wu, Chunyuan Zeng, Yingxin Li, Jingjie Shang, Biao Wu, Qijun Cai, Junbi Du, Jian Gong

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Article in Lipids in health and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinci Mai *Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Qiulian Wu *School of Nursing, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Huanhua WuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Chunyuan ZengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Yingxin LiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Jingjie ShangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Biao WuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Qijun CaiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Junbi DuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, International College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Jian GongDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. gongjian2021@163.com.
First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University · CNJinan University · CN

Funding

the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2015A030310244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBeing overweight or obese has become a serious public health concern, and accurate assessment of body composition is particularly important. More precise indicators of body fat composition include visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass and total body fat percentage (TBF%). Study objectives included examining the relationships between abdominal fat mass, measured by quantitative computed tomography (QCT), and the whole-body and regional fat masses, measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), as well as to derive equations for the prediction of TBF% using data obtained from multiple QCT slices.

methodsWhole-body and regional fat percentage were quantified using DXA in Chinese males (n = 68) and females (n = 71) between the ages of 24 and 88. All the participants also underwent abdominal QCT measurement, and their VAT mass and visceral fat volume (VFV) were assessed using QCT and DXA, respectively.

resultsDXA-derived TBF% closely correlated with QCT abdominal fat percentage (r = 0.89-0.93 in men and 0.76-0.88 in women). Stepwise regression showed that single-slice QCT data were the best predictors of DXA-derived TBF%, DXA android fat percentage and DXA gynoid fat percentage. Cross-validation analysis showed that TBF% and android fat percentage could be accurately predicted using QCT data in both sexes. There were close correlations between QCT-derived and DXA-derived VFV (r = 0.97 in men and 0.93 in women).

conclusionClinicians can assess the TBF% and android and gynoid fat percentages of Chinese women and men by analysing existing abdominal CT-derived data using the QCT technique.

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Adipose TissueBody CompositionAbsorptiometry, PhotonAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung AdultAndroidDual-energy X-ray absorptiometryGynoidQuantitative computed tomographyTotal body fat percentage

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PMID38355592
PMCPMC10865662
OpenAlexW4391821691

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